This is a dish I made during my elimination for MasterChef Season 2 ep 3. We were tasked with a challenge of creating a next Singapore National Dish and I decided to make a modern laksa by using locally grown produce. If you are also a laksa lover like me, try this recipe at home!
Soak dried chillies. After soften, drain out all the water Blend dry chillies, chilli, chilli padi, ginger, shallots, galangal, kaffir lime, turmeric, candlenut, garlic & ginger flower with 160g oil.
Toast the belacan. Add 40g oil and add the rempah paste, toasted belacan and coriander powder in, fry for 45 mins or till red oil separates.
In another pot, make prawn stock and frying the prawn heads in oil. Add water to simmer over medium high heat for 30 mins.
Add prawn stock to the rempah and season with salt, coconut cream and chopped laksa leaves.
Simmer for 10 minutes till bisque thickens. Deep fry the dried shrimps till crispy. Deep fry the fish skin and laksa leaves.
Beat the egg in a mixing bowl, pass the egg mixture through a sieve and deep fried in hot oil.
Deep fry the Bee Hoon for a few seconds and drain away excess oil by placing the Bee Hoon on kitchen paper.
Season the fish and prawns lightly with salt and pepper.
Pan sear the fish fillets on each side for about 3-4 mins. Add in butter and baste the fillets with butter.
Sear the prawns for 2 mins on each side and baste with butter.
For Plating
Put the deep fried Bee Hoon on a plate, place the fish fillets and prawns around the Bee Hoon.
Sprinkle the egg floss, deep fried dried shrimps and laksa leaves over the Bee Hoon.
Garnish with deep fried fish skin and sliced lime.
I was a runner up in Singapore's Masterchef Competition Season 2. Cooking has been a passion of mine since I was young. I would always follow my grandma to the wet markets to buy groceries and watch her whip up amazing dishes. Always inspired by my grandma, I look to continue her journey in the culinary world.
I was a runner up in Singapore's Masterchef Competition Season 2. Cooking has been a passion of mine since I was young. I would always follow my grandma to the wet markets to buy groceries and watch her whip up amazing dishes. Always inspired by my grandma, I look to continue her journey in the culinary world.
I was a runner up in Singapore's Masterchef Competition Season 2. Cooking has been a passion of mine since I was young. I would always follow my grandma to the wet markets to buy groceries and watch her whip up amazing dishes. Always inspired by my grandma, I look to continue her journey in the culinary world.